1. North Dakota’s SDWIS Prime transition plan and factors influencing it
North Dakota Department of Health
Barrett Brown
7/12/18

2. Philosophy statements
North Dakota is firmly committed to probably moving to SDWIS Prime sometime.
Since the transition will depend on many factors, we’ll see how and when things go forward.
However, since ND does not have funding or desire to develop our own system and since SDWIS/State is not on a sustainable architecture, we don’t have many options.
SDWIS Prime Transition Plan
7/12/2018

3. Current Preparations Begun implementation of CMDP
Admin accounts, DSE in place, lab admin in process
Why now? We have many internal reasons for doing this now versus waiting. (i.e. data quality, modern technology, EPA funded tool)
IAWG
State Co-Chair
Stay informed on happenings and help steer the process
EN Grant for the development of tools to connect to the SDWIS Prime APIs
Partner on 2 others
SDWIS Prime Transition Plan
7/12/2018

4. Obstacles / challenges / headaches
SDWIS Prime development timeline
My time, pulled in too many directions, learning how to use APIs
Department reorganization
Budget
Staff turnover (18 mo)
(Stage 2, GWR, RVOC, N/N, PIOC, Arsenic, RADS, PBCU, FL)
Project burnout
2008 SDWIS Lifecycle discussion (5 options)
2009 (SLC) – post DMUC NextGen announcement (option 6)
Recent work on Prime Core, APIs, Bulk Upload, and LRDR has helped
SDWIS Prime Transition Plan
7/12/2018

5. Crystal Ball prediction
ND is very likely to move to SDWIS Prime, but when depends on many items.
Hoping to be in production with CMDP yet this year, but many factors outside our control.
Post Transition Environment
Interfacing applications that use the APIs
Maybe none, hopefully DWW, depends on Indiana led multi-state EN Grant to update DWW
Interfacing applications that use ODBC to connect to the LRDR
Expect our existing IA’s will connect to the LRDR initially. The refresh interval of the LRDR will also be a factor, so we’ll see.
Use existing state node for LRDR sync
SDWIS Prime Transition Plan
7/12/2018

6. Serious Note
I am hoping that the culture of sharing and cooperation between primacy agencies will be at an all-time high after Prime is released. (like the SDWIS/State 7/8 days)
I am looking forward to when the first easily sharable tool is developed that allows agencies to query SDWIS Prime via the APIs, similar to the Relation.mdb database.
I am hoping the monthly Prime calls shift from just a Prime/CMDP update delivery tool by EPA to a highly interactive community information sharing forum. (like the SDWIS/State 7/8 days)
SDWIS Prime Transition Plan
7/12/2018

7. So, when is nd transitioning
Needed items
LRDR
Bulk data upload
UI is a functional replacement (+/-)
Data migration process and BRE has been fully tested against ND’s implementation of SDWA
Estimate 6-12 months of testing
Hope to begin testing in 2019 and potential migration in 20??
Assuming IE/Windows updates don’t render SDWIS/State completely inoperable
Assuming no significant contractor work to update interfacing apps to work with APIs, if so, add more time
SDWIS Prime Transition Plan
7/12/2018

8. Questions? Barrett Brown North Dakota Department of Health
SDWIS Prime Transition Plan
7/12/2018